Free Aideen (Slater Brothers) by L. A. Casey

focused on the phone call to my brother.
    “James and Harley are on a blind double date, and Dante is here with me playing Fifa.”
    That fucking game. Kane and his brothers were playing the same game constantly.
    “Tell Dante hey.”
    “Tell him yourself, puttin’ you on speaker now.”
    I smiled. “Dante, why are you playin’ video games with Gavin on a Friday night instead of being out?”
    Dante’s snort was loud. “Hello to you too, dear sister.”
    I grinned.
    “To answer your question, it’s only half ten, I don’t go anywhere until twelve. No one goes to clubs when they just open.”
    I rolled my eyes. “I can’t remember the last time I went clubbin’ so spare me the details.”
    My brothers laughed.
    “Are you still pregnant?” Gavin asked me.
    I smiled. “No, I had the kid and decided not to tell you both.”
    Dante snickered. “You walked right into that one.”
    “Whatever. When do you think you will have the baby? You’ve been pregnant forever.”
    Tell me about it.
    “I’ve two weeks until me due date, it might be a while yet.”
    They both sighed and it made me smile.
    “I miss you both.”
    Dante snorted. “You saw me two days ago.”
    “Two days is a long time,” I countered.
    “I’ll swing by tomorrow, that cool?”
    I nodded even though he couldn’t see me.
    I opened my mouth to speak when I heard Gavin growl, “Fuckin’ Nico.”
    “What?” I questioned as cheers erupted from my sitting room.
    “The prick just scored against me.”
    I blinked. “Are you playing Kane and his brothers?”
    “Yeah, we’re takin’ turns,” Dante replied.
    Boys and their bloody toys.
    “Okay, I’ll leave you both be.” I frowned. “See you tomorrow.”
    “Bye,” Gavin’s voice sounded before the phone clicked off.
    Goodbye to you, too, little brother.
    I shook my head, tossed my phone onto my nightstand and stood up. I was bored, and even though I didn’t want to watch the lads play their football game, it beat lying in bed doing nothing.
    The girls, bar Branna who was working, went out for dinner and because it was a restaurant that served sushi, I couldn’t go. Sushi was off limits to me. It made me sick before I was pregnant. Even the smell of it could set me off, but it was a definite no-go now that I was having a baby.
    I exited my room and paused at the front door as a key entered the lock and the handle jiggled. I stepped back with a racing heart until I saw who the person was and calmed down.
    “Keela,” I breathed. “You scared me.”
    She looked just as surprised to see me standing right behind the door, but quickly exhaled and moved closer to me.
    “How was dinner—”
    “I need your help.”
    I widened my eyes. “With what?”
    “The girls,” Keela murmured.
    I gasped. “What about the girls?”
    “Shhh!”
    I winced and looked to the sitting room door as it opened and Nico and Kane practically fell out of it. Kane placed his hand on his chest when he saw me.
    “Fuck. I thought something was wrong.”
    I looked to Keela who was glaring at me.
    “My bad.”
    Nico straightened. “Keela, where are Bronagh and Alannah?”
    She scratched her neck. “In the elevator.”
    I poked her arm.
    “What’s wrong?”
    She groaned. “It’s not me fault, I didn’t know what they were drinkin’—”
    “Keela?” Alec’s voice said sternly from behind his brothers. “What happened?”
    I blinked at Alec, having never heard him sound so serious before.
    “Brongah and Alannah, they’re kind of... drunk.”
    Nico stumbled. “Bronagh is pregnant !”
    “Yeah,” Keela said and scratched her neck again. “We were at dinner and her and Alannah drank these weird drinks. The menu said they were alcohol free … but they weren’t. The waiter got the order mixed up. She didn’t drink loads, just a few glasses.”
    Nico raised an eyebrow. “Where the hell is she? I can deal with her—”
    “Promise you won’t get mad?”
    “Keela,” Nico said, his tone